Faculty

For over two decades, Tiffany has worked as a fashion and textile curator, educator and producer for institutions including The Museum at FIT, The Whitney Museum and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, as well as brands like LVMH, Hermès, Bode and Willy Chavarria. She has co-curated various museum exhibitions and produced more than 100 fashion shows including Parsons Fashion graduate showcases. Tiffany has published on topics ranging from design history to department stores, and her current research interests are promoting emerging talent, inclusive representation and the advancement of fair labor practices within the fashion industry.

Tiffany conceived of and launched The Production Studio in Fall 2026, the first studio to unite students across Parsons, Mannes, Jazz, and Drama around a single live production. Directed and led by faculty and staff experts, the Studio guides students through the full range of disciplines a professional activation demands: creative direction, spatial and scenic design, communication design, performance, technical direction, front-of-house and backstage production, talent and guest management and content creation. Rather than simulate professional work, students build it against real client briefs. The Studio's first project is the Parsons, Mannes, Jazz, and Drama Benefit in November 2026.

Master of Science, University of Rhode Island (2003): Textiles, Fashion Merchandising and Design

PAPERS + PRESENTATIONS:

"From Classroom to Catwalk: Graduate Fashion Shows as Values-Driven Praxis." Presentation at the AMPS Conference A Focus on Pedagogy: Contemporary Teaching in a Time of Change, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid, Spain, 24-26 June 2026. 

ARTICLES + BOOKS:

“Notes from the Runway.” In Guide to Producing a Fashion Show, 4th and 5th eds. Jose Blanco. New York: Fairchild Books/Bloomsbury (2018 and 2026).

“A Brief History of Modern Fashion: 1910-60.” In The Fashion Reader, 1st, 2nd and 3nd editions, eds. Linda Welters and Abby Lillethun. Oxford: Berg/Bloomsbury (2007, 2011 and 2022).

“Remembering the Grand Spectacle of the 1939 World’s Fair.” Curbed.com Features. http://curbed.com/ archives/2014/09/17/1939-worlds-fair-photos.php  (published 17 September 2014).

Editorial assistant, Index to Fashion Theory, vol. 10, n°4 (2006).

“Greek Island Embroideries,” “Art Deco Textiles,” “Post-war Couture.” In MFA Highlights: Textile and Fashion Arts. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts (2006).

“Bikini,” “Fashion Television,” “Fogarty, Anne,” “Hilfiger, Tommy,” and “Madonna.” In Encyclopedia of Clothing  and  Fashion, ed. Valerie  Steele, pp.155–157, 70–71, 92–93, 213–214, 370–372. Detroit: Thomas Gale (2005).

“Dorothy Shaver: Promoter of ‘The American Look.’” Dress 30: 80–90 (2003).